Except for events that carry great weight, it is not experience per se, but how they match expectations, that governs their emotional impact

There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life.

In the self-appraisal of efficacy, there are many sources of information that must be processed and weighed through self-referent thought

Self-percepts foster actions that generate information, as well as serve as a filtering mechanism for self-referent information in the self-maintaining process

As a general rule, moderate levels of arousal facilitate deployment of skills, whereas high arousal disrupts it. This is especially true of complex activities requiring intricate organization of behavior

Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations.

Such self-referent misgivings creates stress and undermine effective use of the competencies people possess by diverting attention from how best to proceed to concern over personal failings and possible mishaps